Improvement in portable cradles or cribs



ttt-latta tata ato-rt (affito Letters Patent N o. 109,050, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT I N PORTA-BLE CRADLES OR CRIBS.

The Schedule lreferred to in theaeLetters Patent and making part; of the same.

` To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL )L RevxoLns, of the city of Chicago, in the county of' Cook and State ot I ilinoisfbavengade certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Cradles and Cribs; and I do'hereby declare tbe'following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had `to the accompanying drawing forming pai-t of this specica tion, in whichj 4Figfure l is a perspective view ot' my invention, and

Figure 2 is a horizontal section ofthe same.

Similar letters-ot' reference in the drawing denote Corresponding parts. l

The object of this invention is, first, to construct a convenient combined portable cradle and crib, which can be easily taken apart for moving and transportation, and also cheaply constructed.

J In the drawing- A A are the head and fbot-boards ot a cradle and crib, the same being made fast to the posts or legs B in the usual manner.

C C are grooves, inadeperpemlicularly in the legs or posts B theirentire lengtlnibr the reception of the tongue D made on the cndsot' the sides E, the two parts C and D forming a dovetail-joint, thus enabling the sides to be easily put in or taken out, for the purpose of packing the device or parts in a small cornpass.

or post s B in the usual manner.

Gis the bottom ofthe cradle and crib, made in one piece, with longitudinal openings g cut in the same, to' afford a slight degreof velasticity when the child is F F are the rockers, which'are attached to the legs laid upon the mattress, and, at the same time, admit air to the mattress.

The bottom C rests upon small blocks H, fastened to thc sides I?, three or more on a side, as the size oi' the cradle may require, and by strips on the bottom ot' the head and foot-board.

The advantages to be derived iu the construction of a cradle and crib in this way is, that, the sides having the dovetailed tongues, and the posts or legs the dovetailed grooves, the device can be taken apart very i quickly and easily when it is desired to do so for trans- Aprntation;'and the bottom G, heilig constructed n1 one piece, instead of a series of Slat-s,`as is usual, avoids the, liability of losing one or more of the slats, and thus rendering the cradle and crib of no use until others arel provided; it also prevents any lateral strainor twisting ofthe device, whereby the d ovetailjointscould be broken.

Having thus described my invention,

XVhat I claim as new therein, and desire to secure. by Letters Iatent, is'

The cradle or crib in which the side pieces and ends are united by dovetail-tongues and grooves, as described, when said parts are combined with a bottoni board, G, constructed in a single piece,with longitudinal openings y y, substantially as and for the purpose specied." A

The above specification of my invention signedl by me this 19th day ot' August, 1870.

.1). INLREYNQLDS XVitliesses:

N. H. SI-IERBURNE. (l. H. FROST. 

